From bca2bc4fe973d3b40b58805c4b426757f5c85dc8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2015 08:31:58 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Improve documentation of functions that change files * doc/lispref/files.texi (Changing Files): Document that these functions signal an error on failure. --- doc/lispref/files.texi | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/lispref/files.texi b/doc/lispref/files.texi index db2ecc08f95..4d2761ed419 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/files.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/files.texi @@ -1481,7 +1481,10 @@ in @code{exec-path}, and tries all the file-name extensions in @cindex setting modes of files The functions in this section rename, copy, delete, link, and set -the modes (permissions) of files. +the modes (permissions) of files. They all signal a @code{file-error} +error if they fail to perform their function, reporting the +system-dependent error message that describes the reason for the +failure. In the functions that have an argument @var{newname}, if a file by the name of @var{newname} already exists, the actions taken depend on the -- 2.39.2